bòrd

See also: bord and borð

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bord (“edge, side, border, brink; board, table; seat, bench”), a borrowing from Old English bord (“plank, table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̊ɔːɹd̪̊], /pɔːɾʃt̪/

Noun

bòrd m (genitive singular bùird, plural bùird)

1. table (furniture)
2. plank, board
3. board (of directors, etc.)
4. (nautical) deck (of a ship)

Derived terms

Terms derived from bòrd

• anart-bùird (“tablecloth”)
• bòrd-beulaibh (“starboard”)
• bòrd-cùlaibh (“port (ship's side)”)
• bòrd-dubh (“blackboard”)

• bòrd-eun (“bird table”)
• bòrd-sgrìobhaidh (“desk”)
• bòrd-stiùiridh (“board of directors”)

• cairt-bhòrd (“cardboard”)
• spàin-bhùird (“tablespoon”)
• teanas-bùird (“table tennis”)

Verb

bòrd (past bhòrd, future bòrdaidh, verbal noun bòrdadh, past participle bòrdte)

1. (nautical) tack
2. board (a ship, etc.)

   Bhòrd iad an long. ― They boarded the ship.

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “bord” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.